Great job, but no need to be so humble with the disclaimers. It's obvious you know what's up. I have a professionally edited novel and begin the query journey next week. I'm going to pay my editor for query help because I'm clueless. I like to think I possess some degree of writing talent, but I don't have an entrepreneurial bone in my body. Not interested in the business side of it at all, and honestly, I just want to pay someone to do it. Is there a preferred query service for someone like me? Someone with a quality manuscript (seriously, it's been meticulously edited and proofread) who isn't confident in seeking agents, or is there no getting around me doing the work myself? Thanks.

Cool cool cool .. where is your Oxford education?!😮

You Are From Which Country

The order of story vs bio was really helpful. Thank you.

Hello, how much bus Bath Chawton?

Hatchards is my fav in London followed by Daunt ... currently living in Cambridge Uk a little over an hour to these shops ...

I always wrote my query letters in Wingdings. Wot was I finking riting fings in wingdings. I may as well as been doing that because that is as much attention they will take to your query letter.

Wow 🤩 Thank you for the tour 👏

Read this last month. Not good. This felt rushed by the publisher to capitalize on his previous success. Your review is spot on, plus Marianna is kind of stupid throughout the book. The ending was so forced just for a 'twist'.

Mine is about a man that becomes a Vigilante that hurts for the Werewolf that killed his Fiance, the other hero is a human/Demon hybrid that fights for good instead of evil. It has magic, Vampires, Ghouls, even mummies. Is that too much?

Your aversion to Courier is unfortunate in my opinion. It is the default font for output in a lot of software and was the standard for a very long time. A lot of books and online tutorials still recommend it and many submission guidelines still accept it. I can understand you not wanting to see purple text in tiny Comic Sans, but if people send you a manuscript in a font that was literally the only font to use for submission for many decades, you should probably relax your personal 'ick' a little. Of course, technology always moves forwards, and in the age of computers with snappy wordcount functionality the need for monospaced fonts is made moot, but it is still a valid font that a lot of people are used to and do find easy to read. If your agency's website specifically says not to use Courier, then I will be on your side, otherwise, I think you should be more aware of the role of that font.

Hot tip when pasting anything into an email: right-click and choose “paste as plain text.” (Windows: CTRL-SHIFT-V). This removes any formatting and allows the text to be read normally in the email body. 👍🏼

Loved the visit to Chawton

Hey Avery, I missed your videos!!!

My dad actually read this to us for many nights when I was a kid

Would like to visit sometime…..during the lifetime!!

Apparently, Kendall and Kylie wrote TWO lame “worst ever written” books. Just in case you want to complete you KarJenner experience.

Worse than comic sans?

Thank you so much!! Loved your advice on putting the book synopsis first... Hadn't thought of that. Thanks again!!!

Thanks! 🙏

Dude this helped so much

Very booring even the comments.

The one in Chelsea market is really cool, found two great books there! ❤

Bravo Wonderful video Not too long Great background music

This is an excellent recap of what you read in the year 2022. A great video indeed. Do come up with such videos more frequently.

Excellent, as usual ❤

Excellent vdo

You do yoga? I am surprised.

Great vdo. No new vdos?

It shouldn’t be gold book, it should be golden book.

No commentary for this vdo?

I am watching all yr vdos one by one. They are so great. Superb. You have a very wonderful career as an author ahead, if you want to become one.

Great review. Clear, succinct, crisp and informative. Keep it on. Kudos to you, Madam.

Great !!!

You should read ‘Kane and Abel’

I thought you are from the UK.

Great !!!

Great!!!

Great vdo, Avery!

Great !! Avery, a very creative name for the channel.

You are really a very avid reader. You wanna know what I read in 2023?

Great vdo indeed. Keep it up. Kudos to you, Madam.

I missed your vlogs 🥲

Avery! We miss your videos! Hope everything is going well, whatever is you’re up to, and I hope you’ve been reading some great stuff. ✌🏽

I was really glad to find your little tour of the Jane Austen places. Thanks 👍🏻😁

You are so beautiful 💓 Take lots of love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

I don't think I'd send anything to a Literary Agent who discards letters just because of the font!

This is good advice, thank you! Also you are stunningly pretty. :)

Sharing your experience as a person who actually read and screened thousands of queries was helpful. But here's a tip for you from a video producer: don't shoot your videos with your bed in the background. Not very professional.

seeing all of these young girls recognise douchbags for what they are just makes me so happy and proud for how far we've come as women. It made my heart sing when one girl even said that she did not want Kya to be with Tate either, ditto girl, ditto. I have hope for our future.